Antonyms for miscarry
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : mis-kar-ee; for 1 also mis-kar-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : mɪsˈkær i; for 1 also ˈmɪsˌkær i |
Definition of miscarry
Origin :- c.1300, "go astray;" mid-14c., "come to harm, perish;" of persons, "to die," of objects, "to be lost or destroyed," from mis- (1) "wrongly" + caryen "to carry" (see carry (v.)). Meaning "deliver unviable fetus" first recorded 1520s; that of "fail, come to naught" (of plans or designs) is from c.1600. Related: Miscarried; miscarrying.
- verb lose fetus
- verb fail to attain goal
- I am for that of Paris; it cannot miscarry; I have considered it well.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Cardinal de Retz, Complete » by Jean Francois Paul de Gondi, Cardinal de Retz
- Without these the Revolution will miscarry and our Dastur will not be worth a date-stone.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- The Cardinal's plans were, indeed, likely to miscarry if he persisted thus.
- Extract from : « The Suitors of Yvonne » by Raphael Sabatini
- “No, they not miscarry yet,” replied the Arab, with a grim smile.
- Extract from : « Black Ivory » by R.M. Ballantyne
- It grieves me mightily; for it will be a sad houre to the family should she miscarry.
- Extract from : « Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete » by Samuel Pepys
- And indeed, how should they miscarry, when they never come before their time?
- Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
- If we miscarry on Wednesday, I believe it will be by some strange sort of neglect.
- Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
- If He have the guiding of my flock and state, it shall not miscarry.
- Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Rutherford » by Samuel Rutherford
- This is the motion: and certainly no enemy to the Senate could wish it to miscarry.
- Extract from : « Thirty Years' View (Vol. I of 2) » by Thomas Hart Benton
- But question may be made: what though the Wares should miscarry?
- Extract from : « German Society at the Close of the Middle Ages » by Ernest Belfort Bax
Synonyms for miscarry
- abort
- back wrong horse
- backslide
- be defeated
- be demoted
- be found lacking
- be in vain
- be ruined
- blunder
- break down
- come to naught
- come to nothing
- decline
- deteriorate
- fall
- fall flat
- fall short
- fall through
- fizzle
- flop
- flounder
- fold
- founder
- go astray
- go down
- go down swinging
- go downhill
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- hit bottom
- hit the skids
- lose control
- lose out
- lose status
- meet with disaster
- misfire
- miss
- miss fire
- miss the boat
- miss the mark
- play into
- run aground
- slip
- turn out badly
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